The role of the interlayer state in the electronic structure of superconducting graphite intercalated compounds

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-45

  Csányi, Gábor ^a   Littlewood, P B ^a   Nevidomskyy, Andriy H ^a   Pickard, Chris J ^a   Simons, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; INTERCALATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI METAL-GRAPHITE INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CARBON LAYERS; CARBON SHEETS; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE INTERCALATED COMPOUNDS;

INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS;

EID: 28844460091     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys119     Document Type: Article

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